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May 14, 1929. A. L. GARNlss 1,712,607

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR L. GARNISS, OF SPRINGFTELD, MASSACHUSETTSVASSIGNOR TO DENNISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF FRAMN'GHAllI, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORA- TION OF MASSACHUETTS.

Application filed Getober 24, 1927.

This invention relates to an improvement in a container and more particularly in a container comprising two eases, the inner case being nested in the outer case.

lt is at times desired that the container in which merchandise is shipped should also be employed to display the merchandise on a counter or in a show window, and the primary object of this invention is to provide such a container having an inner case in which the merchandise is placed and which is adapted to be mounted in an outer case in two different positions, lthe first being that in which the merchandise is exposed, and the second being that in which the merchandise is concealed.

Throughout the specication and claims the lirst position will be referred to as the obverse position and. the second position will be referred to as the reverse position.

Further objects will appear from the following specification, taken in connection with the drawings which form a. part thereof, and in which Fi 1 is a front elevation of the container with the cases in the reverse position, in which mei-ch andise is concealed;

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, the cases being in the obverse position in which the merchandise is exposed; and

Fig. a is a view similar to Fig. 3 to an enlarged scale, certain portions being broken away.

The container shown in the drawings and designated generally by the reference numeral 10 has been selected solely for the purpose of illustration, and not limitation. The container 10 comprises an outer case 11, and inner case 12 the dimensions of the two cases being' such that the inner ease can nest in and t snugly within the outer case. The outer case 11 comprises a back wall 15, a bottom wall 16, side walls 17 and 18, and a top wall 19. The top wall 19 is provided with a flange 2O which extends across the front and along each side of the case and is hinged to the body portion of the case 11 in any suitable manner, as for example by means of flexible hinge 21 attached to the under face of the top wall and the front face of the back wall. The inner case 12 comprises a baclr wall 25, a bottom wall 26, side walls 27, only one of which isl CONTAINER.

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shown in the drawings, and a top wall 28. Suitably secured in any desired manner to the outer case 11 is a base 30 having a continuous flange 31 which completely surrounds and encloses the lower end of the outer case 11,

lt will be noted that the front of each of these cases is open. The inner case 12 may be provided with any desired form of support 35 and lining 36, depending upon the contour of the article or articles to be enclosed therein. vW hen the cases are nested in the reverse position as shown in Fig. 2, the back wall 15 of the outer case 1l closes the open front of the inner case 12, and the baclrL wall 25 of the inner case 12 fills the open front of the outer case 11.

That portion of the flange 31 of the case '30 standing across the open front of the case 1l engages the lower end of the inner case 12 and when the case is in the reverse position, as shown in Fig. 2, the flange also engages the lower end of the back wall 25. The top wall 19 of the outer case is adapted to be raised as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, in order to permit the insertion and removal of the inner case. After the inner case has been fixed in position the top wall drops back into the full line position shown in Figs. 2, 3 and l and projects below the upper end of the inner case. Thus the fiange 2O on the top wall 19 and the flange 31 on the base 30 function to hold the inner case 12 in the nested position within the case 11. The function of these flanges is the same regardless of whether the cases are assembled in the obverse or in the rey verse position.

It is thus evident that a container of this character is adapted to hold articles for convenient storage and shippage and to display the same for merchandising purposes. This container is made up of elements which may be manufactured by machines and processes commonly known to the box-making art, its various component elements being similar to those which are commonly used in boxes but the novel relationship thereof permitting the advantageous results indicated above.

I claim:

l. A. container comprising an outer case, an inner case adapted to be removably nested in said outer case, a retainer extending over the open side of the outer oase to hold the inner case therein, a top wall hinged to the outer case, said wall having a flange normally exwhen in nestedposition, said' outer Case havtending downwardly over the end of the iningraiilnged'topwall hinged'to the body portion thereof, the flange of said top Wall extending below the upper edges of both cases 'when'lin the nested position. Y o 3, Acontainereoniprising an outer case,.an

inner oase'a'dapt'ed tobe removably nested in saidout'er ease 1n either obverseor reverse position and to ref'eive merchandise, each case comprising bottom, back, side andy top Walls, the front ofl eachv case being open, and u angedbase secured to the bottom wall of said outer case and surrounding the lower ends of bothsaid cases in either position, the top of said outer oase being movably mounted, whereby in the obverse position the open fronts of said cases coincide to expose the merchandise, and inthe reverse position the open front of said inner case is closed by the back wall of said outer case and the open front of said outer ense is filled by the back iyallof said inner CaSe to 'oneenl the merchanc ise.

Signed by me at Springfield, Mass. this 11th day of September, 1927.

ARTHUR L. GARNISS. 

